Word: pointedly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...people, though F.D.R.'s eldest (41) son might well have preferred a fine public dinner, full of resounding endorsements from Democratic bigwigs. Unfortunately, most old-line California Democrats regard Jimmy as something of a Typhoid Mary. Among their kindlier criticisms they accused him of being a carpetbagger-a point which he met in his broadcast with a time-honored political cliche: "I congratulate those of you who, like my sons and daughter, had the foresight to be born here. The rest of us, three out of every five Californians, have had at least the merit of choosing wisely...
...hire a sound football coach than one who can sound like Pat O'Brien in the locker room between the halves. There is, of course, something to the theory that the team which is up for the game plays better than it ordinarily does. But we feel that this point is over-emphasized, and that 49 times out of 50 the fundamentally sound team will beat the poorer...
...cause trouble even in Hartford. For example, the revolving stage may be called upon to perform more than it is functionally able to, in the matter of scene shifts. Mr. Wright's claim that the playhouse will bring "a new life for the theater" is premature at this point...
...leagues will play through the first week of March, when the winners of each league contest will play each other. The Athletic Committee will award medals to the winning team and a special medal to the high-point scorer for the season...
Last year, Mathews South, Hollis, and Thayer North took first, second, and third places in the basketball contest. Hollis, Mathews South, and Thayer Middle were tops in the year's point totals...